Jeremiah 17:21
thus saith the Lord; Take heed to your souls, and take up no burdens on the sabbath-day, and go not forth through the gates of Jerusalem;
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Numbers 15:32And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath-day.
Deuteronomy 4:15And take good heed to your hearts, for ye saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Choreb in the mountain out of the midst of the fire:
Deuteronomy 11:16take heed to thyself that thy heart be not + 11:16 Gr. made broad.puffed up, and ye transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them:
Nehemiah 13:15In those days I saw in Juda men treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every kind of burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day:
Proverbs 4:23Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
Jeremiah 17:22and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the sabbath-day, and ye shall do no work: sanctify the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:20-27
Sabbath-Sanctification. ( b. c. 600.) 19 Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the Lord , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 22… Read the whole commentary →